Listen to The Country online: 2023 Young Farmer of the Year Emma Poole on dairy farming and drought

Young Farmer of the Year 2023 Emma Poole spoke to The Country's Jamie Mackay today.

Today on The Country radio show, host Jamie Mackay celebrates International Women’s Day tomorrow with a catch-up with Emma Poole, winner of the FMG Young Farmer of the Year in 2023.

On with the show:

Peter Walsh:

We chew the fat with an iconic livestock agent who has been in the business for 60 years.

On the eve of his retirement, we discuss the changes he’s seen in the industry in over half a century.

He’s also the father of Olympic Shot putter Tom Walsh; competing at the National Athletics Championships in Dunedin tomorrow.

Emma Poole:

It’s International Women’s Day tomorrow and our special guest is the first woman to win the Young Farmer of the Year contest.

We discuss dairy farm management in a Waikato drought.

Be in to win a trip for two to Wellington to attend the New Zealand Horticulture Conference - Enter here.

Shane McManaway:

The founder and patron of the Zanda McDonald Awards is currently on the Gold Coast where he was getting ready for the (now postponed) Impact Summit conference next week while looking into the eye of the storm of Cyclone Alfred.

Dr John Roche:

MPI’s chief science advisor joins us from the Science for Farmers site on day one of the Wānaka Show, where he’s continuing his Fieldays Roadshows, having been at Northland last week.

We ask what the mood on the ground is, why should farmers seek him out and it’s not just MPI – who else is involved?

Chris Brandolino:

NIWA’s principal weather scientist on the big dry and whether there’s any respite in the long-range forecast.

Listen below: